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Banished From The Hero's Party Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals 3 Cast Members, Opening Theme, October 6 Premiere

The official website for the television anime of Zappon and Yasumo's Banished from the Hero's Party (Shin no Nakama janai to Yūsha no Party o Oidasareta node, Henkyō de Slow Life Suru Koto ni Shimashita) light novel series began streaming the second promotional video, and it reveals three cast members and the October 6 premiere. The video also reveals and previews the opening theme song "Iki o Sū Koko de Sū Ikiteku" by Yui Nishio.

The newly announced cast includes (from left to right pictured below): Kenta Miyake as Danan, Aya Uchida as Theodora, and Rie Kugimiya as Tisse.

The anime will premiere on October 6 on AT-X. The series will also air on TOKYO MX, BS Nippon Television, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, and d Anime Store.

Progressive pop band JYOCHO will perform the ending theme song titled "All the Same."

The cast members include:

• Ryōta Suzuki as Red
• Kanon Takao as Rit
• Naomi Ōzora as Ruti
• Sora Amamiya as Yarandrala
• Taku Yashiro as Ares
• Kōhei Amasaki as Albert
• Masahiro Yamanaka as Gonz
• Sora Tokui as Nao
• Takeru Mishina as Mido
• Yū Serizawa as Tanta
• Nao Tōyama as Megria
• Kentarō Tone as Dir
• Ken Uo as Newman
• Yōji Ueda as Stormthunder

The show's staff have delayed the anime from July to October due to "various circumstances."

Makoto Hoshino (DamePri Anime Caravan, KING’S RAID: Successors of the Will) is directing the anime at Wolfsbane and Studio Flad. Megumi Shimizu (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, KING’S RAID: Successors of the Will) is in charge of the series scripts. Ruriko Watanabe (KutsuDaru., DamePri Anime Caravan) is designing the characters.

Yen Press is publishing the light novels in English, and it describes the story:

Red was once a member of the Hero's party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live the easy life on the frontier, Red's new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his former life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from his past, shows up and asks to move in with him!

Zappon began serializing the story on the "Shōsetsuka ni Nārō" website in October 2017, where it is still continuing. Kadokawa began publishing the story in print with illustrations by Yasumo beginning with the first volume in June 2018. Masahiro Ikeno launched a manga adaptation of the novels in Kadokawa's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine in May 2018. The franchise has over 1 million copies in circulation.

Sources: Banished From The Heroes' Party anime's website, Comic Natalie